Monday, SiriusXM radio host Chris “Mad Dog” Russo criticized tennis star Serena Williams’ tirade at the U.S. Open after being penalized for receiving illegal coaching. Williams went on to berate the umpire and break rackets, even turning the situation into

Monday on ESPN’s “Get Up,” reporter Maria Taylor defended Serena Williams’ meltdown at the U.S. Open after tennis umpire Carlos Ramos accused her of illegally receiving coaching. According to Taylor, Williams snapped because of “everything that she has dealt with her

Monday, MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski weighed in on Serena Williams’ meltdown at the U.S. Open, saying the tennis star is “incapable” of not taking the chair umpire’s ruling that she was being illegally coached “personally.” Williams turned the

NEW YORK (AP) — The events and the arguing and the booing that would make this a U.S. Open final unlike any other began when Serena Williams’ coach made what she insisted was an innocent thumbs-up, but the chair umpire interpreted as a helpful signal.

Friday, tennis star Serena Williams praised activist NFL free agents Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid for their protests and work in the community. According to Williams, “every athlete, every human and definitely every African-American” should be completely grateful for and

Thursday on “Get Up,” ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith suggested that tennis star Serena Williams’ gender is preventing the public from acknowledging her as the “greatest ever” athlete. “If she were a man, what would we be saying? We’d be

Thursday, CNN sports analyst Christine Brennan reacted to tennis legend John McEnroe saying Donald Trump offered him $1 million to play either Venus or Serena Williams in a match. Brennan said either of the female tennis stars “would have pummeled” McEnroe,

Tennis legend John McEnroe says before Donald Trump was in office, the real estate mogul offered him $1 million to face off with either Venus or Serena Williams, but he turned it down. “It was after Serena and Venus started

The media’s desire to turn every discussion in the arena of sports into some sort of commentary on racial politics is well-known. However, what went down at a press conference at the Australian Open is just downright weird.

Twelve-times grand slam champion Billie Jean King wants Margaret Court’s name stripped from the Australian Open showcourt because Court’s views on sexuality, including the claim that “tennis is full of lesbians”, are offensive.

Juan Martin del Potro shrugged off sickness to save two match points and defeat Dominic Thiem in a five-set US Open epic on Monday to book a quarter-final showdown with five-time champion Roger Federer.

Aug. 23 (UPI) — Mom-to-be Serena Williams bared her baby bump in a new photo this week.
The pregnant 35-year-old tennis star shared a new picture and a funny Snapchat video Tuesday ahead of the birth of her first child with her fiancé, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian.

British tennis star Andy Murray is again going out of his way to interject feminism into tennis, this time acting as if a reporter was slighting female tennis players with a question asked of Murray after his loss to American Sam Querrey at Wimbledon.

During the post match press conference, a reporter prefaced his question about Querrery’s win saying, “Sam is the first US player to reach a major semi-final since 2009.”

American tennis player Bethanie Mattek-Sands went down Thursday with a brutal knee injury at Wimbledon. Mattek-Sands, 32, collapsed on the court mid-match against Sorana Cirstea of Romania. Soon after falling to the ground, Mattek-Sands grabbed her knee and began yelling, “Help me!”

Shortly after winning her opening round matchup at Wimbledon Monday, Venus Williams was overcome with emotions in the media room. A reporter asked the tennis star about her car crash last month that resulted in the death of 78-year-old Jerome Barson

Tuesday, Joe Namath weighed in on John McEnroe’s controversial comments about Serena Williams being ranked somewhere around the 700th best tennis player if she played on the men’s circuit. McEnroe’s ranking received a tweet from Williams telling him to keep

Former tennis great John McEnroe stirred up some controversy recently when he said women’s tennis player Serena Williams would be ranked 700th in the world if she played on the men’s circuit Williams responded to McEnroe’s comments, telling him to keep her